Show tho political there lias just been sold by auction i franco tho complete set of an old newspaper which was probably unique it was called tho Mon choir do poche political pocket handkerchief and was published in 1831 the proprietors hit upon the idea of printing it on cheap cotton stuff for tho purpose of evading the high paper duty the complete collection consisted of numbers just a gross of pocket handkerchiefs for it is evident from the jatie that the publishers believed the newspaper would serve two purposes i the price was 3 pence 3 shillings per dozen not a high price to pay for news articles theatrical criticisms and a pocket handkerchief combined unfortunately the cotton required too much ink and the scheme had to bo abandoned globe |